[Gllug] On Linux desktops...
David Damerell
damerell at chiark.greenend.org.uk
Thu Oct 18 10:46:35 UTC 2001
On Thursday, 18 Oct 2001, Paul Brazier wrote:
>>Which is sufficient. Text, not graphics, hence not graphical.
>In terms of semiotics isn't text just a special case of graphics?
In terms of computing, you know what the words mean just as well as
everyone else does. Let's not get caught in semantic quibbles.
>I think the big difference is between the 1D commandline and a 2D
>display
That difference is called (when displaying text) the difference
between 'line mode' and 'screen mode'.
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David Damerell <damerell at chiark.greenend.org.uk> flcl?
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